“I brought my son to the pediatrician today for high fever & a back ache. I thought for sure it would be a UTI or something like that. Instead we were told that he has signs & symptoms consistent with the H1N1 influenza.
We were also told that Massachusetts is no longer doing quick tests on patients with suspected cases of H1N1 and are instead only testing those who are experiencing difficulties with the flu.
I don’t understand this procedure, I don’t understand not treating or even testing a 6 yr old boy with a history of recurrent pneumonia.
I am beyond concerned with the lack of care and concern over this outbreak.
It’s very upsetting that we are not being informed of just how many cases there really are out there and even more upsetting that my son is potentially facing a life threatening disease that the state & our pediatricians aren’t treating or even disclosing to the other parents.
Posted by: Rebecca Reed | June 20, 2009 at 08:41 PM”
..” Posted by: a | June 19, 2009 at 01:15 PM
I am troubled by the removal of county specific reporting of confirmed H1N1 cases on this website. I can understand changing to a once a week reporting schedule but you have also removed the county location/component. This effectively eliminates my ability to make informed and preventative health related decisions for my family. As a Massachusetts taxpayer I would like to know where I can obtain this information now that it no longer available on the state site. Please post an alternate website, agency, etc. where the public may view this important information”...
..”Posted by: Joyce Lambert | June 19, 2009 at 12:29 PM
This information is very misleading. Of course the number of confirmed cases is on the decline - because last week you made the decision to test only individuals in high risk categories. It’s still out there; but doctors are following your guidance and telling people not to come into the office or the ER and just to stay home. I agree with that, but how can you make a statement that the numbers are declining? You actually have no way of knowing that since you have stopped testing to confirm cases.”
Soaring Death Rate in Buenos Aires Raises Pandemic Concerns
Recombinomics Commentary 18:03
June 27, 2009
“We’re seeing the placement of young patients, between 15 and 50 years with pneumonia, some rapidly evolving towards a gravity which for many is unusual, in which the lung is’ fire ‘in a matter of hours,” said Dr. Jorge San Juan, head of the Department of Intensive Care Hospital Muñiz.
This has led to patients with these characteristics begin to be treated in an increasingly aggressive. THE NATION As reported yesterday, doctors from the Ministry of Health received the directive to take, from now on, all cases of influenza and potential influenza A (H1N1), with the recommendation to perform chest radiographs for patients with symptoms of fever and fatigue and internal quickly to all suffering from pneumonia.
“The bodies were viscera, meninges and brain swollen, a little common factor in death from influenza. Additionally, the lungs were in bad shape, with some spots we could not identify. The studies sent pathology, “said the coroner who asked not to publicize his name until the health authorities take note of it found.
The above translation describes patients in and around Buenos Aires (see updated map). In the past few days 26 confirmed fatalities have been reported as well as 15 additional probable fatalities. H1N1 infections of swine on a nearby farm (see map) has also been described in an OIE report.
The targeted population, as well as the description of the rapid deterioration sounds remarkable like reports on the 1918 pandemic.
Sequence data on these patients and swine would be useful. It is the beginning of flu season in Argentina, and the potential for the evolution of a more virulent Pandemic H1N1 looms large.
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/06270901/H1N1_Buenos_Aires.html